Rail-clamping plate-fastener.



, A. P. WILLOUGHBY. RAIL GLAMPING PLATE PASTENER. APPLICATION FILED JAN.6, 1912. 1 1,041,546. Patented 001;. 15, 1912.

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7fla ym, 33 .Zl/ 7 a m I /%6 Gbtomeq A. P. WILLOUGHBY. RAIL GLAMPINGPLATE FASTENER APPLICATION FILED LAN. 6, 1912.

Patented Oct-15, 1912.

enronnennvis WILLooe-HBY, F oLNEY, TEX S;

RAIL-CLAMPING PLATE-FASTENER.

v Specification of Letters Patent. 1 I

'mtenteeoetiis;1912.

T gaze-me jebmme r Be it known {that 13?] Anroizn Pgwfm Lemme;aeieee eiensunitea state r e siding at Oln'e tli'e'coiinty oi: Young and f r heveinvented jja newf andg useful Rail-Clamping"PlateEastener'; and I dohereby' declare the following to'be a'full,"

tion; s ch; will enable others skilled" in" the art .to'flwhi oh itappertains tomake andiu'se th i m f 1 I inventionlrela-tes to'a newanduseful rail elaniping plate, adapted. for fastening theli'ailtoythetie orfifor oining two rails.

principal object of the invention is device' 'ofthis-nature, whereby therails mayj lo'e hel'd'se curelyin position. 1

y-" lhe 'inventionfcomprises various features fend combinationof'par'ts, as hereinafter setfOlth shown in thedrawings and claiined;

' In the drawings} Figure l is a plan i 'iewgshowing a plurality of railclamping plates for s'ecurely holding therail in position." Fig. 2 is aviewj in perspectiveot' one of the clamplngt plates. Fig. 31s a viewshowing one of'the plates as tippliedtoa i'ai l,t'o insure a more securerail joint, Fig. 4 is a sectional tiewo'n line -l---4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5is a sectional view on line 5-"5 of Figl .4. Fig. 6 is a View inelevation showing Part andtherail in section 5 Referring tot] drawings 1weanlin nate the-16113111601111, of rails, whichjare joined by "the fishplates 3ytl1rougliwhich and the failsthebolts 4 extend, there being the.usual nuts 5 applied thereto. Resting upon'theseyeral ties are the railclamping plate s fi, which vare secured in position byf theispikeshavingangled ends 7 The angled endsofthe spikesen'gage theflangesBof theclamping plates. The clampingplates are provided w ith upstandingportions 9 and lO which" are considerably spaced apart, and. arrangedadjacent each end of each plate. The rail is arranged in contact witheach of.

; the upstanding portions 10, and is held Application filed Jenuary "1912. -,seri'a1"1103069 21.

'ti'ate ithe upstanding portions :9/ Q The bolts e11. a e adjiusted soas to iigage' the web of "se t-wi 'j ithif he'; p t n e .s.i e The hesesofthe' elampi'1ig" plates are proded with shoiilders lfi, which areengaged by the '.'spikes 13,1 the angled" endslof which; engage thebase. 14: of the. mil, thusiholding the base ofthe raiI in position.Thefebolts' 11 of'two of the clainping piates -engagethe heads ofthebolts ddILSiiCh \vise as to :pre, f

vent longitudinal moifementjofithe' rail.

One 701 the 'clamping plates is only provided with one bolt- .11,which:eitteiidsltl rough ant elongated openinglojt tlieo switeh pointfl ereby aetingjas a guide for said switch point 15.

'lheel'ongated opening in' the switch pointis designiited bythe'nulneral 16'. The clamp;

ing platewith only oneboltis formed'with raised portion 17 jonlwhiehhthe switch point works. Theolaihpmg plates-with" the exception;of one is provided w'itl1 .bolts 18 which engage the base'of the rails,thereby further securing the rail in position.

The invention having'been semen-.11, is claimed iisnew anduseful is: w

In combination, a'pair of rails, fish plates for joining the rails endto end, bolts pene} crating the fish plates and the *i'ailsf'or 'securing themtogether; ao pair of clamping plates having upstandingportions at; their ends and considerably spaced apart, bolts penetratingone of the upstanding "portions of each ofthe plates to engage oneof-thefish plates toholdthe other fish plateclos'ely in contact with the otheru'pstz'uidin'g por-v 1 7 I I mmPmm wmmmm:

Witnesses:

G. H. 'ROACH,

presence of suchposition by thebo'lts 1 1, which pene- J. M. JANEYS.

of this patent may be obtained for five cents prevent longitudinal v 1signed V p each, by addressing the Commissioner of Peteiits, JWashington, n; 0:} i I

